[MNG-7040] [RFC] Enhance include and exclude handling to use ldap-style filter syntax

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Matt Pavlovich
• Created: 28/Nov/20 00:19
• Updated: 28/Nov/20 18:49

Description

Ldap-style filters provide a query syntax that would solve for supporting complex include and exclude scenarios in a concise way.

ref: RFC 2254

Example - Include all matching a groupId=com.company

<includes>
  <include filter="(groupId=com.company)"/> 
</include>

Example – Exclude all except one with artfactId=foo-bar

<excludes>
  <exclude filter="(&amp;(groupId=com.company)(!(artifactId=foo-bar)))"/>
</excludes>

Example – Exclude all except a few with various matches

<excludes>
  <exclude filter="(&amp;(groupId=com.company)(|(!(artifactId=foo-bar))(!(type=zip))(!(classifier=default))))"/>
</excludes>